Subject: Strange Problem booting Decstation5000/240 via tftp
To: None <port-pmax@netbsd.org>
From: Michael Stoeger <MikeStoeger@chiemgau.baynet.de>
List: port-pmax
Date: 11/02/1999 21:22:41
Hello,
some days ago i am a proud owner of a Decstation5000/240. Unfortunatelly
the Station won´t boot from Net.

Using "boot 3/tftp" i receive only following Messages:

*************************
-tftp boot(3), bootp|?IO: LANCE sts 0xa2b3
192.168.1.1:/tftpboot/netbsd ?IO: LANCE sts 0xa6b3
?IO: LANCE sts 0xa6b3
/?IO: LANCE sts 0xa6b3

-tftp load 1249280-?IO: LANCE sts 0xa6b3
\?IO: LANCE sts 0xa6b3
|?IO: LANCE sts 0xa6b3
/?IO: LANCE sts 0xa6b3
-?IO: LANCE sts 0xa6b3
\?IO: LANCE sts 0xa6b3

[...]

?IO: 3/tftp, sequence (4608)
?IO: LANCE sts 0xa6b3
************************

The bootptab on a Linuxmachine:
dec:ha=08002B398368:bf=/tftpboot/netbsd:ip=192.168.1.4:sm=255.255.255.0
ncd:ha=0000A71198B1:bf=/tftpboot/Xncd19r:ip=192.168.1.5:sm=255.255.255.0

Should work! (at least my NCD Xterminal (2. Line) boots without any
problems)
Changing TP-Cables, and Transceiver has no effekt. "test 3" found no
errors.

Any Ideas? A Hardwareproblem? (If yes, does anybody have a
TurboChannel-Ethernetcard, he no longer needs?)

cu Michael 

PS: Please excuse my bad english
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